So called “Taiwanese” is basically Hokkien which is spoken in Fujian and across the chinese diaspora. No one in Malaysia or Singapore calls it Taiwanese. It’s Hokkien.
My husband is from the US living in Hawaii now, and my side of family scatter in Taiwan and Hong Kong. so we decided to not have weddings, but travel around and have family gatherings. On our wedding day, it was just me, my husband, and our pastor. One church friend gave me a white lei as it is Hawaii tradition.
Great wedding story Amy and i like it that you really enjoyed both wedding in TW and UK. The best wedding that ive been to is my friend's one in Melbourne, AU. He and his fiancee had a Catholic wedding in a church in the morning. Around 40-50ppl attended. Basically it was a mass session. After the wedding, ppl took photos with the newly weds in the church and straight away, guests were heading to a roof top bar to enjoy a casual brunch. The newly weds hired the whole roof top in a bar and the area size is just perfect for a small group of ppl - around 30-40?! Drinks were buffet style and guests could order food as well. The newly weds and the guests then enjoyed singing and dancing together with some guitar playing. Everyone was so enjoying the whole wedding session and the roof top bar session and that was really a great idea to have a wedding like that! Also it wasn't so expensive to hire the roof top bar compared to traditional western / eastern wedding. I would LOVE to have my wedding like that if i get a second chance!!! haha Anyway, happy to hear all your stories and take care! God bless!
Envy you so much! Thank you for share your happy moments!! There is no perfect wedding, there might be some minor mistakes or something out of control at the scene, people who experienced marriage may share the same idea in mind, "If I can rework again, I will do it like that way....". those imperfect points in arrangement make every marriage so unique and memorable.
I met many English co-workers here in the U.S. They were mostly men, very gentleman-like, broad-minded, well-educated, friendly but distant. Here I see you talking like an Italian woman, very open and very spontaneous. Perhaps you were influenced by the locals after 10 years living in Taiwan.
I think I’ve always been outgoing and friendly- my family are also the same way- British people are not all the same, as in every country- there are all types of people!
Amy comes from a very nice family; no wonder she is so amazing. A lot of Hong Kong Chinese have both western and traditional weddings, sometimes on the same day, sometimes on different days. Chinese girls love the traditional Chinese wedding dress (the dragon and phoenix gown.) Both of your weddings are beautiful.
I married a Czech guy and we didn't take any professional wedding pictures, either. It was just like what you said, family and friends took pictures for us and we all have a great time. We got married in Miami. Our family from Taiwan and Czech came to visit us. we rent a beautiful place by the sea that's big enough to host all our family and friends. It was memorable for sure! We didn't have a Taiwanese wedding because we also wanted to save money for travel :-)